Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-05-17
Concerning Clause Six.


To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
MI. Oberly comes to the front in defense OF the
proposed civil service examination Of the old
clerks for promotion, CHASING the clerks as fright
ened after the fashion OF the dog who barks at his
own shadow. / suspect that there is good deal
OF reading between the lines in what Mr.. Oberly
says; and clause g. Of the new rules is a complete
answer to his sOpnisuries:
CLAUSE 6.-To every subject in an examination q
relative weight according its importance in the ex-
animation shall be given The result OF each exami-
marks in each subject will be multiplied by the mum:
the sum Of the products will be divided by the Of
the relative weight the quotent will be the compet-
If MIR. Oberiy can establish the fact that this
clause was the work OF the President, it viii be
gOdSend to the republican party. The greatest
strength OF Grover Cleveland to-day is the belief
OF the people that he is an honest, frank man,
without deception and clause six is deception from
the beginning to the end. The President would
doubtless give the answers OF the clerks proper
weight II he was the examiner, but neither he nor
Mr. Oberly has part or lot in selecting the clerks
that PROFOUND the questions or examine the clerk
Or determine the result. To attempt to interfere
would lay them liable TO the penalties OF the law
There will be great many thousand clerks to ex-
anime; it will require great many examining
commissions; each commission of their own will
select the questions to be asked, and each exami-
ner attaches his own Interpretation to the ceight
OF each answer leaving the clerks entirely subject
to the caprice OF the examiners. II the object Of
II.
have asserted in the interview with Curtis, OF
the mugwump Chicago Ne,cs, why was not clause
No. SO wOrded that the examining commission
would have been compelled to ask only such Ques-
uOnS would test the capacity OF the clerks fit
ness, and then give the answers the weight that
MI. Oberly says win be done? No one objects to a
fair test OF the fitness for promotion, but ii Is hard
to realize that the President of the United states
forces the examination OF all the women in all OF the
departments. and all OF the Old men who have
grown gray and have exhausted their strength in
the service OF the Government, when they are not
asking promotion, and where the chances OF pro-
chances for failure and dismissal is at least four
out or nve. Clause six is the production OF great
simplicity or great cunning. Time alone will give
the party now in full power in all the hedepartments
when he says without this examination the UNFIT
ones Will get the promotions. HAWKINS TAYLOR.
MARRIED AT LAsT.-A few months since, Ernest
l. vOn Diezelski was about to be married to Miss
preparations were made Tor the ceremony to take
place at st. Teresa's church, in Anacost1a. The
mother OF the young man was opposed to the mar
rtage, and called on the police to interfere, but
they were pOwerless to aid her, whereupon the
mother stated that her son was q deserter from
the u. s. Army. TherpupOn the young bridegroom
was taken to the washington barracks and con-
fined as deserter. Efforts were made to secure
his release by h0beGs corpus, and his discharge
Diezelsk1 was twice enlisted in the Army-once
under the name OF SchaurauSen-each time swear
ing that he was of age; and Judge Macarthur de-
MED the petition, leaving the young man in mil
itary custody. His counsel, Messrs. c. C. Cole and
ChaS. A. Walter, appealed to the General Term
and after argument % on n the 9th inst the court re-
recred the discharge OF the petitioner holding that
testimony 70 show that the young man was q
missibe, and that the parents are entitled to the
custody and wages OF the minor till he is OF age
Won Diezelsk having been discharged from the
riage. and yesterday afternoon the ceremony took
place.